New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
Section 7:26-3A.11 - Packaging requirements
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Generators shall ensure that all of their regulated medical waste is packaged in accordance with the requirements of (b) through (d) below, before transporting or offering such regulated medical waste for transport off-site. Generators may use one or more containers to meet these requirements for regulated medical waste packaging.
(b) Generators shall ensure that all regulated medical waste is placed in a container or containers that are:
(c) In addition to the requirements above, generators shall:
(d) Generators need not place oversized regulated medical waste in containers. Generators shall note any special handling instructions for these items in Box 14 of the medical waste tracking form.
(e) Solid waste that is not being managed as regulated medical waste shall not be packaged for shipment inside a regulated medical waste container or in containers attached to, or part of, a regulated medical waste container.
(f) All waste packaged in "Biohazard" labeled bags or bags with the universal biohazard symbol on them will be presumed to be potentially infectious and shall be managed as RMW for transport and disposal.